Directories

Access Place Lifestyle
Directory of chat rooms, online communities, magazines, home, recreation, vehicles, travel, cities, entertainment, dining, pets, culture, fashion
http://www.accessplace.com/lifestyl.htm

The Alliance of Quality Message Boards
An online community of message boards that are well organized and ran. If you're looking for good topical chat on almost any topic, it'll be here.
http://alliance.angelcities.com/

Big Boards
A list of the largest message boards and forums on the web.
http://www.big-boards.com

eCultures
A user-generated directory of Internet social communities. All submissions to this directory are subject to a review.
http://ecultures.homestead.com/about.html